The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Double child rapist and murderer will face fresh parole hearing after appeal

Years behind bars for drug dealing led the influential proto-punk rocker to work for criminal justice reform.

A small group of protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry on Monday opposing the expected release of Thaksin Shinawatra from prison without having spent a day behind bars.

The Mississippi man who destroyed a statue erected by the Satanic Temple of Iowa in the state Capitol last year faces years in prison after being charged with a hate crime. Navy veteran Michael Cassidy has been charged with felony third-degree criminal mischief. He was originally charged with misdemeanor criminal…

Learn about the recent death of a Ukrainian man on trial for espionage in a Russian prison. The secretive nature of these trials raises concerns.

The video goes through the compound used to hold some 40,000 prisoners

Yang Hengjun's punishment will be commuted to life in prison if he passes a probationary period. But the espionage accusations against him are highly spurious.

Wife of Sri Lankan national on hunger strike in Tamil Nadu prison petitions government for his safety.

Members of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights visit Central Jail, urge officials to protect children of prisoners and enforce child laws.